Bill Text: CT HB06622 | 2013 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning District Partnerships.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-25 - Signed by the Governor [HB06622 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06622-Chaptered.html
AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRICT PARTNERSHIPS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-223f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
(a) For the [fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2013, inclusive, there shall be a pilot program concerning the determination of adequate yearly progress and academic performance for the school districts for Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven. Under the program, the] school year commencing July 1, 2013, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall [determine the adequate yearly progress or academic performance, as described in the state-wide education accountability plan or the state-wide performance management and support plan prepared in accordance with subsection (b) of section 10-223e, for each district] calculate the district performance index, as defined in section 10-262u, for an alliance district, as defined in said section 10-262u, with data from each school under the jurisdiction of the board of education for such alliance district and data from any state or local charter school, as defined in [subdivision (3) of] section 10-66aa, located in such alliance district, provided the local board of education for such alliance district and the state or local charter school reach mutual agreement for the inclusion of the data from the state or local charter schools and the terms of such agreement are approved by the State Board of Education.
(b) Not later than October 1, [2013] 2014, the Department of Education shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, the district performance indices results, [of the determination of adequate yearly progress for any school district that participates in the pilot program pursuant to] calculated in accordance with the provisions subsection (a) of this section, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.